OKLAHOMA
KFOR
[with video]
MAY 28, 2014, BY PAIGE HILL
PERRY, Okla. – A business administrator at a local church is behind bars after being accused of sexually abusing a female relative for two years.
According to court documents, a family friend notified DHS after the 13-year-old’s mother told her that 36-year-old Scott Barber was touching her daughter inappropriately.
Barber works at Nichols Hills United Methodist Church.
He is from the small town of Perry where the news was shocking to not only their neighbors but even Police Chief Brian Thomas.
“We’re 5,500 population, I know a lot of people by face,” says Thomas. “When I saw the video I did recognize him as being a member of our community but I never would have thought anything like this was going on.”
During an interview with police, the 13-year-old told investigators the abuse started two years ago.
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